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- [proh-tuh-tahyp]
- /ˈproʊ təˌtaɪp/
- /ˈprəʊ.tə.taɪp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [proh-tuh-tahyp]
- /ˈproʊ təˌtaɪp/
Definitions of prototype word
- noun prototype the original or model on which something is based or formed. 1
- noun prototype someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar: She is the prototype of a student activist. 1
- noun prototype something analogous to another thing of a later period: a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing. 1
- noun prototype Biology. an archetype; a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group. 1
- verb with object prototype to create the prototype or an experimental model of: to prototype a solar-power car. 1
- noun prototype original, model 1
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Origin of prototype
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < New Latin prōtotypon < Greek prōtótypon, noun use of neuter of prōtótypos original. See proto-, type
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Parts of speech for Prototype
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prototype popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
prototype usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prototype
adj prototype
- adumbrative — foreshadowing; sketchy; faintly indicative.
- depictive — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- first hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- first-hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- in character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
noun prototype
- advertiser — An advertiser is a person or company that pays for a product, event, or job to be advertised in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
- begetter — The begetter of something has caused this thing to come into existence.
- blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
adjective prototype
- archetypic — Archetypical.
- archetypical — Archetypical means the same as archetypal.
adverb prototype
- quintessentially — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
Antonyms for prototype
noun prototype
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- knockoff — an act or instance of knocking off.
- lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
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